barney hudson



UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

BARNEY HUDSON, OF OANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO NATHANIEL R. BOSWELL, OF SAME PLACE.

ASH-SIFTIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,361, dated December 14, 1880.

Application filed September 13, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, M. BARNEY HUDSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ganandaigua, Ontario county, New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ash-Sifters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is alongitudinal vertical section of the ash-sitter resting on the top of a barrel. Fig. 2 is a plan of the screen. Fig. 3 is a plan of the drawer. Fig. 4 is a detail view.

My improvement relates to that class of ashsifters which rest on the top of an open barrel, and in which the screen has a swinging or oscillating movement produced by operating a rod extending out through the end of the case.

The invention consists in a peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, whereby a drawer or tray can be run into and out from the box, so that after the ashes are sifted out the drawer can be moved beneath the screen, and the screen can be tilted or dumped, so asto empty the cinders into the drawer, all as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A represents the box or inclosing-case of the sifter, the same being mounted on a circular cover, 0, which fits closely on top of the barrel, the cover having a central opening, 66, for the ashes to fall downward into the barrel.

The box consists of the main body A, which is of sufficient size to hold and allow proper swinging motion of the screen, and also of an extension, A, on one side, which projects outward beyond the cover and holds au'opentopped drawer or tray, D, that is capable of being drawn out and pushed in. When the drawer is fully drawn out, as shown in Fig. 1, it rests entirely clear of the opening a of the cover, and it can also be lifted out from its seat in the extension A; but when fully pushed in it rests over the opening a and directly beneath the screen. The extension A, in fact,

forms a way for the drawer, and allows the drawer to be inserted and removed at pleasure without opening or otherwise disturbing the inclosing-box. When the drawer is drawn out to the fullest extent, so as to be free of the opening a, the inner edge of the drawer still preserves connection with the side of the box,

so as to prevent escape of the ashes in sifting. The top of the box has a cover, 0, by which the interior may be reached.

E is the screen or sifter, which is hung on pendent arms dd, and is operated. by a rod, f, which extends out through the end of the box. By means of this rod an oscillating or swing- 6o ing movement may be imparted to the screen for the purpose of shaking out the ashes. The two pendent arms d d are connected by a crossbar, g, at the bottom, to give proper strength, and the screen is also pivoted in the pendent 6 5 arms by means of an axis, It, so that, in addition to the oscillating movement above described, the screen is also capable of being tilted or dumped vertically, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. The screen is held 0 in the horizontal position by a button or latch, 13, pivoted to one of the arms and striking into a notch, lo, cut in the top of the screen-frame. This holds the screen in position while the sifting is being done. By raising the button the screen can be tilted to dump the cinders.

The operation is as follows: To sift the ashes the screen is locked in the horizontal position and the drawer is drawn out, as indicated in full lines, Fig. 1, and when "the screen is oscil- 8o lated the ashes will fall through the opening a into the barrel without impediment. To dump the cinders after the ashes are sifted, the drawer is slid in under the screen, as shown by dotted lines, the screen is unlocked and 8 5 tilted into the vertical position, and the whole is done without opening the box and without allowing escape of dust.

I am aware that shaking screens over a barrel are well known. 99

The inner end of the rod f turns freely in a bearing, 4", attached to the bar 01, and the rod has on its end a crank-arm, p, which rests in a slot, 8, of the button 2'. By turning the rod a partial revolution on its axis the button will 5 be raised, so as to free it from the notch in which it rests in the edge of the screen. By this means the screen can be unlocked, so as to turn and dump the cinders without opening the case, thereby preventing escape of ashes 10o or dust. At the same time it does not inter- 2.. In an nsh-sifter, the inclosing-box A, confere with the shakingof the screen by the rod. structed with the open extension A, for re- 15 Having thus described my invention, what ceiving a drawer, and allowing the same to be I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters moved in and out beneath the screen, and to 5 Patent, isbe removed by simply lifting up when drawn 1. In an ash-sifter, the combination of the out, as herein shown and described. shaking screen E, hung in pendent arms 11 (I, In witness whereof I have hereunto signed 2c and pivoted therein by the axis h, the button my name in the presence of two subscribing orlatch i, for locking the screen in a horizontal witnesses.

IO position, the open extension A on the box A, l M. BARNEY HUDSON.

and the drawer D, resting; in the extension and i Witnesses: capable of being moved in and out beneath the I R. F. USGOOD, screen, as and for the purpose described. i .I. Z. CL'LVER. 

